Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1926, Page 26

* THE EVENIN( STAR, WASHINGTON, D. TUESE AY, o ANUARY 26, 1926. SPORTS. ro Foot Ball Has Not Proved Grand Success : Helen and Suzanne Not Mixing PLAYERS AND PROMOTERS HAVING THEIR TROUBLES Stuhldreher’s Suit for $17,000 and Failure of * Florida Team Show Paid Sport Has ot Proved Gold Mine. Nevers BY LAWRE " YORK. January 26.—Reports just coming to hand indicate tha all is not beer and skittles either with profession foqt ball pro- moters or with players who signed for enormous salaries Harry Stnhldreher’s association with the-pro game seems to be wind- a lawsnit and the club with which Ernie Nevers originally signed ¢ out of | fter playing two games. Stul ce would suggest that star foot bailers who ir 10 up the mercenary game when they have been graduates do well to elect a business course as one of th studies. This will able them to protect themselves when they sign and save them from paving lawyers to set things to rights for them thidreher's suit. entered in the pleas in Philadel matter of 17,000 which he alleges is due him for pro- rving the of ball eleven known as the Four Horsemen. The is alleged, eiv CE PERRY. 1siness drcher’s exper ud 1o tal would a_straight guarantee ¢ {@a_promoters are out Tuck. ! _The New York Giants, with whom Nevers is reported now to have signed vill, it is understood. take over the | contract as it st In such case neither the Jacksonville promoters nor Nevers will lose in the end. As for the Giants. since they will avoid Floy idu and play in California, where pro umes are heing better supported, the hances are that this club will not be stung, either. v the Flori conrt phia, of common involves a services the foot team, it was to re thousand was to and $20,000 to trust company ne. Stuhl owleds pavment of count and wants the res; interest. rt of Big Ni ite evidentl, iint, the $5.000 all right 000, Five paid immediately placed in week preceding a areher £5.000 the | i b | May Ask Representation. While on the subject of pro foot ball, it might be sald. there are indi cations that interesting developments |may characterize the annual meeting of the foot ball rules committee next according to his tre Dame star got and then, instead of | month. getting the full amount as named in | This committee is purely an inter e contract, he received an addition- | collegiate body, but the rules of which | $8.000 in_all. Now he is | they are the guardians are subscribed ling fc the $17,000 alleged lfli\u by the pro teams and promoters. > due the Four Horsemen. Tt may Should there be a pro foot ball rep. e that the celebrated horsemen will | resentative on the rules committeer 1ve to show greater speed than they |Some professional promoters seem to ever showed on the foot ball fleld to | think so, although it would appear itch up with the 17 grand. that they hardly regard the merce When Nevers ned with the /nary game as sufficiently established team which was to play five [to make representations at this time. nes in Florida, it was provided | But the matter is certain to come 1t $25.000 was to be deposited to|up some time, if the pro game con his account before he left California. | tinues to develoo. Probably this was done. Nevers has | commercialized foot ball will not be never said whether or not this sum |neglected as a matter for discussion vas placed in escrow with a certain |when the committee meets. As the "mount to be drawn each game he |matter now stands, members of the vlayed. If such was the case he did {committee have reecognized the pro not get all his money, since the Jack- |game to the extent of feeling, sinc sonville All Stars,” the team with | professionals play under the colleg: which he signed. disbanded after |ate rules, that they must avoid an: plaving two games. On the other |thing suggesting a definite attitude hand, it Nevers was paid in full as{toward professionalism. WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER. HE 16 aims of the woman’s division of the National Amateur Athletic Federation were discussed in detail at the meeting of the local group last night at the Majorie Webster School. Each aim. or plank in the platform, was explained by a member of federation and considerable light was shed upon the general princi- < of the national body. Sixteen organizations were repre- mented at last night's gathering, in- cnding Walter Reed Hospital, Na- tional Cathedral School for Girls, Y. W. . A. Central High School, Na-| mal Catholic School of Social Serv. ice, Hood College, Frederick, Md 2 George Washington University, Com-|overwhelming victory munity Center. Marjorie Webster |oon in the third bas School, Metropolitan Athletic Club, [the Interclass series. The score « \Washington Athletic Club, Business|73 to 18. The Freshman team. com Hligh Night School. Martha Washing. |Posed entirely of novices, was unable ton Seminary, Chevy Chase School and |t0 cope with the superior teamwor the District Plavground Department. [and court experience of their op Plans were discussed for securing a | Ponents. . centrally located gymnasium one night | The Seniors won the opening game each week for basket ball practice,|of the serfes from the Sophs and th o be open to any member of the|Second game. : N. A. A. F. group who should desire| The Sophomore team was lined up tiie Tecreation. An effort will he made | Yesterday as follows: Catherine Ens: to secure such a gymnasium in the| lish. captain, and Lily Lou Gilbert Rent fatae forwards: Eloise ‘Sargent, center na Douglas, side center; Louise | Prescott and Christine Douglas Ihursday, February 25, was selected | 8Uards. the date of the next meeting, which | p The Freshmen were represented I 1 be in the form of & dmner. to be | Dorothy Lane, captain, and Frances \ld At the Cosmos Club. on afadisoq | Miller, forwards: Amelia Hoake, cen- ¢ s oni e ter; Helen Motter, side center; Thomas Wood of the Teachers' | Latherine Wassman and Katherine College, Columbia University, will be | MacMillan, guards. the speaker of the evening. Metropolitan Athletic Club's second FFurther information concerning the | team will play ner can be had from any member | night in the Eastern High Schooi he executive comriittee. Reser-| gymnasium at 8:30 in a Recreation itions ean be made through Grace| Leagye ggme. which was at first re- Iieefe. chairman, at Main 7928 or Co-| ported to have been scheduled Lixt umbia 6443, or through any of her | night. ommittee members. | The Mets' first team will clash Marjorie Webster with the Acacia sextet in a Council use of her gymnasium, at Massa-| League match tomorrow night chusetts avenue and Fourteenth|S8:30 in the Epiphany gymnasium. street, on the night of February 19, if Helen Lee. The interclass series wil in March, after the outside schedule. Tech High School Sophomores swept Ann Selecman and Josephine 1 be run off completion of the sterday aftes t ball game Meet Again Soon. has offered the In the meantime | | through the Freshman defense for an | the Woodlothians to- | 'WOMAN,S TITLE SWIM AWARDED TO CAPITAL The Ehening 5(& | BOYS CLUB | _Washington | ed the South | | vesterday was award- Atlantic indoor swim- ming championship meet for women by the South Atlantic swim commit- Conducted by ROBERT C. McCLELLAN tee. which met in Baltimore. The event will bo held on March | in the 7i-foot pool of the new | wish Community Centers Men's in door events will he held in the Bal timore Knights of Columbus tank on March 27. The national quar iree-style championship the Bay Shore Swimming | Baltimore. The date was August S Outdoor 0 OU probably figured out terday’s “what's wrong” pic tures easily and wondered | why we didn't give you something | hard to do? Well. there was some- | [thing besides the contest element to the day's session; it was the desire |to “get over” three little—but very important—basket ball lessons. Here are three more “wrong” pictures. Figure them out and then read the | following pointers by three cele brated basket ball coaches: BY FRANK B. BRIDG Coach at Baylor Universit Most basket ball players starting to learn the game tuke their eyes off the ball and try to “find” the basket before they catch the pass. This is | over-eagerness to get the aim. Better to keep your eyes on the ball until it actually is in your hands and then locate the basket. You have a gen al idea where it is, anvhow. Catch the pass, locate the basket. jump and then shoot! |an er-mile junior warded Clab ¢ set at events for South Atluntic titles will be distributed among the Marvland Swimming Club, the Bay Shore organization and \Washington Canoe Clib, The commitiee banned diving 1 color other than navy blue 1 | suits ot BASKET BALL SECRETS By Sol Metzger. e When Receiving Pass. 1l ¥ BY J. CRAIG RUBY Coach, University of Illin Many centers, tall and ideally buili r the job, and with ability to leap high in the « ften lose their vantage by letting the ball come down 100 far before tipping it. Thelr fingers hit it about midway. It should be tipped from the lower quarter. This ves you 2 or 3 inches advantage Leap as high as you can, stretch your arm as far as it will go, and tip the hall before it comes down too far v to play center Ty 00 THIS NOT THIS When o player receives a pass and js charged by an opponent on defens he should make either a half or a full turn away from this opponent in order to be free to toss the bail to one o his teammates who is not covered. That is far better than to_ remain facing in the direction the player was in whep he received the pass, for then !his opponent will come in, seize the | ball, and the one who has the greater |, D Coach, University of Nebraska. The plaver who shoots with his ands and doesn’t jump toward the in and —— ays it wrong.s nd extending hen you are in You've been g hem. B Tomorrow Llsewhere on the page will be found an apylication for membership. iail it addressed: Club, The Ivening Star, i his arms skets the hands remain on the ball sible and therefore guide | 1he the air i today. Spike Webb with his boxing gloves. the bell. toward it to the basket to the last inch right way is to jump and shoot s nd ready to Washin Golden Rules. A good sport a square deal gives 1 nev er technical advantage of ¥ (Copy strength will get it in case a held ball is not called Learn to pivot away {from the opponent covering vou just you get the hall. U. S. TO GET SCiILL STAR. Chester Turner, single scull chau- pion of Canada, has deserted the Ar- gonaut Club,of Toronto, Canada, it is announced in Canadian newspapers He soon will join the Pennsylvania Athletic Club of Philadelphia. Canada was looking to Turner as a point win- |ner in the 1928 Olympics and ex presses regvet that he should go to the United tates. Turner's only comment was that he le Toronto only after much consideraiton of his future prospects. . IDINE, 727 The Evening Sta who is 13 years . EORGE B. CO best score G ment. Georg | was successiul in 45 out,of 30 attempts One of our new John W Miller of Oxon caged 41 | out of G0 for best : S while Nevin Barber, 467 T street. shot - {39 out of 30 for another good coun BASKET BALL GAMES. Marvin Smith, 1105 Alabama avenu: | southeast_was close up with 38. Wil At Tuscaloosa—Alabama, 26; Louisi- | jiam Waller of Silver Spring regis ana State, 15. teved: 34, At Washingion, Pa.—Pittsburgh, 31:| There were any numbe: Washington and Jefferson, 28. below this. The chief hor At Chicago—Northwestern, 37; Towa, | hers appreciate the fact that it is =5 really impracticable to print all the { scores and takes this ns of thank | ing_all who participated. Especially worthy of comment is Pct. | the fact that the followinz boys, al 1o | though they failed to cage sufficient fouls to be up with the winners, really had interest enough in the tourna ment to submit scores: Conrad Heins. Paul Heins and floyal Kidwell of Arlington. Va. Herkeley and Leslie Baker of Lovetts ville, Va.: G. Clay Goodloe, 1314 members Hill. Md., the second score. ) I of scores < the mem American Basket Ball League. i Team. W.L Team. W. L Brooklyn . 11 4 Detroit. [ Cleveland. 10 Pt Wavne, 3 6 | Wash'et Boston... 5 4 | Rochester. Buftalo 41 | Chicago Ry 500 161 Night's Result. Cleveland, 14 Tomorrow's Game. Washington at Chicago. RADICE AND COUNCILOR LEAD BASKET SCORERS W ra ] w n 23 Boston | st 1 A G L st | ULIE RADICE and Harry Councilor, rival captains and forwards at Eastern and Tech, respectively. are running neck and neck in the race for scoring honors in the scholastic basket ball league as the | Series goes into its second round. ar Each has accounted for a total oi 36 points in four games and con- | sequently has an average of 9 points per contest Councilor has contributed one more | Lack basket from scrimmage than has vhu‘qulnl A Bastern leader. but the latter has! Boots Scruggs of Eastern has taken made up this handicap by scoring an | part in only three games, but has | extra pair of free tosses. uaveraged 8 points. and had he nat been Murphy Lafsky, Business captain. on the sick list last Saturday, proi nd Bill Banta. Central center, are |ably would e up among the leaders. | sharing second place in the list of | py. e | point_getters. each having a total of ' Raaj tallies. Lafsky heads the loop in {otn scoring from the free throw line. paiesy | Peewee Walker, a_guard, is the | first member of the Western five to appear in the scoring column. Iie | has registered 23 points to equal the | performance of Earl Moser, leading court | Games. G it 15 1 su A ifee Mardonald_ (€' Seruees (B Jiower alker Evans () Dunn_ (C) BFCUNINN Wi tor the purpose of instruction in dancing. Miss Webster said that she will ve a teacher there that night to teach clogging to any member of 1e group who wishes to learn. Clogging Is Helpful. who have tennis or golf and read the story re. how Helen Wills improved stly through taking les- s in clogging during the Winter months will no doubt hasten to en ace this opportunity to learn some- hing of this dance. which is i ) give one flectness of foot as well muscular_control. It is reported hat Miss Wills showed such marked mprovement in covering court after practicing the gentle art of clogging for one season that all her critics remarked upon the change. Tt i sald that many of our leading £0lf and tennis pleyers resort to clog- ch Winter to help keep them- in condition. IFollowing the husiness session last ht Miss Meigs of the Y. W. C. A. condue am of games, which much ose 1<pirations ently of game PIPHANY and Clov E The Epiphany tosser their list of consccutive wins for the the Comforter Juniors, 39 to 11. The scrimmage. Led by Clovers raight " Colliflower and Lilly, the turned in their fifteentl E triumph by downing Park View, 28 to 21. The Elliotts were the Clovers’ victims in their fourteenth win Sunday, the count being 49 to 13 The crack Epiphany five gets action again tonight in a double bill with the Smithfields and Warwicks, start- ing at 6:45 at Epiphany gymnasium. {The Columbias will be played tomor. row night at Gonzaga court, and on Thursday the Juniors will tackle the Nationals. 3 The St. Martin's unlimited quint had its luck changed last night and after g o i running up 17 consecutive triumphs lolton Arms will be met on February | Tiifeie ub, 2r Qoo s, 42 to 37, also at Lipiphany. This will be the | grymm took scoring honors for the the season. On February | winners, with seven court goals and rmont Seminary will play the | {YRESES NOC ™ viends School contingent in the last . 1o that is scheduled definitely. Washington Barracks tossers open An interesting addition to the|the week’s activities in the Service Friends’ court program this vear will| League tonight in a game at Fort the participation of a “midget” | Myer. Fort Washington goes to Fort ad in games with midget sugads | Humphreys tomorrow. mn Kastman’s and Holton Arms. - Is w’: \lpun :ml under are eligible | Liberty Athletic Club basketers plan inidgets. Those who have been to wind up their season next Thurs- named on this junior squad are Polly [day in a game with the St. Martin's F Henrietta Berry, Priscilla Dove, | unlimited five. Tnnmn:ow at 7 o'cloe! Vvonne Morse, Catherine Reeve, El-|the Libertys go to Calvary gymna- Grosvenor. Betty Hoover, Lolane | sium for a game with the Calvary igers, Betty Jane Scott and Janereed | Reserves, which is listed as the pre- lerson. It is probable that a dif-|liminary to a Calvary-Royal clash. ferent line-up will be used in each of | Friday night Pop Kremb takes his le midget zamnes. in order to conform | team to Walter Reed to battle the the A. A. F. standards, which | Army Medicos, and on Monday of encourage participation of the maxi- i next week his players meet the East- mm number of players. | ern Preps at Hine Junior High. The iiida Molesworth, basket ball coach, | club’s first base ball meeting will be nnounced the personnel of the |held at the home of the manager on r squad, also. "This group will Monday, March 1. pate in the interscholastic Leries.” From thelr. number will b Anacostia Eagles, A"’",'“’h tossers picked the letter winners at the end | 2nd the Epiphany Big Five have im- of the season: Martha Harris, captain; | portant games scheduled for tonight. Marianna Thomas, manager; Alice | The Eagles, with a record of nine tivde. Patsy Ridsdale. Mary Elizabeth | straight wins to defend, will go \cker, Katherine Hoover, Louise |against the Fort Humphreys quint on iloover, Ruth Rogers, Mildred Burn—llh! Engineers’ court. The Aloys en- ham. Mildred Clark. Sitsuka Matsu- | tertain the Naval Receiving Station dairi, N Berry, lda Claggett, team at 8 o'cloc Epiphany court- very Friends School basket ball tossers f interscholastic sched- wry, starting with a me with the Eastman School sextet on February 6 in the Epiphany Church i S I | »ote | EPIPHANYS AND CLOVERS ADD TO COURT TRIUMPHS r junior basket ball fives last night continucd | Swift to show the class that has carried them to the top of their division by trimming their opponents handily three tines champions of junior-ranks, brought | Cappel ~ | Ciangi (T) | Madigan (E) et (1) Grarth | (F) wilkon (W) May (B) I UGN Wi W MeDiarmid Rivers ' (B) eagy (W) Coomba (W) Terneak _( Young (W) Ford (B) Jones (B 8 E w BN e B al ¢ 18 | Elliot (E) oons | Marh (W) iarris (C) De Boskey B (B} o o I il ol present season to 16 by outpointing | Miallister, | s gis! v one goal from | O'Daniel (W) loscrs registered only one g Raman' (¥ ( I'nderwood | men mis it with the Northwesterns at | Jgck (B ... 7330 in the Churchmen's gym. The|Ferguson (B latter team won from Clarendon Bap- |(olline (B) . tists last night, 38 to 26. . Stanfon and Columbia Heights | Christian Church fives bowed to Com- | pany F teams at Hyattsville. The | uardsmen's regulars handed the| Stantons an 18to-12 setback, while the reserves won from the church five, 40 to 16. izt Roamers scored their tenth straight win, when they downed the Argyles, 33 to 26. Winton and Independent tossers mingle tonight at 7 o'clock on the Hine Junior High court. ln&h' The Washington Terminal Y. M. ¢} !A. Big Five faces the Central “Y"” 'quint in Union Station gymnasium tonight at 8:30 in the first game of | the season for the Terminal combina-| tion. Play respect officials. i | . Outplaying their opponents for three | Evening Star. periods, the Rialtos earned a 17-to-1 decision over the De Molay five. o i Wilmer accounted for seven bas ets, when the Tremonts defeated Les Amis, 33 to 11. Fifteenth street Christian courtmen swamped the St. Mark’'s five under a 35-to-13 score. I am The Evening Star Boy will wear. Douglas basketers are in the field for games with midget teams havinz the use of gymnasiums. Call Atlantic | 1180-1. Peck Memorial tossers meet the Capital Preps on the Naval Reserve floor tomorrow night. Linicoln Park Preps won from the Eastern Preps, 28 to 25. s e S “Stuffy” McInnis was a star player in the big leagues before he was 21 years old. { MelIntyre. but There_will be some r Ly of the bershi head. R. ¥. D. |>-Prfvrm9r of the Central WOMEN A fighters, century 3 already are denounc hout r Boys (1 of age and 3 fe from the iree trec.: Robert B nd last, but by 1724 10 of pretty eir-old thro shot is s fou an {n ack hich r any Tl N reading the c Among the ple ere seven ir Pen Arlington, om_Laurel, A list of new follows Tulloch Byrmes osslyn, Va.: He va d G. Fishe John A Marshall st.: Joseph Hyattsvill Robert H. Broc reet southeast: oute F agle, a: 1 earge streel, L ough. Laurel hn Wildenstei ree: southeast following Cluh Floyd. Ieppe m H. « . Hel alter cks: d.: ine v herman alter . i Willi nd Harry LONDON, Jan announced. 1burb of Hoxto Xers are Ann ndrew Newt and N im they have had con-| until boxing. have experi rivate, hut It omen been boved p ere frequent ome. asserting rading PALM BEACH a g Baden that Second street northeust b foul-throw 6t 2 throw rough, no n Sevent of t 1 bov. wing t te ~olumn edges up 1 Junic applicants for tay turned rece well = F ou.l-Thr_owing Event Is Led By George Considine, With 45 7 tou inches in heigh surnamer ant of the club's a each da ced members Club three A etic as " D., N md W, m By jumping |$800 first pri the The gel the ball first if it misses the g and rebounds. - pointers by sl of the best hasket ball coaches game, yesterday correct_those faults—if you It will make a better player of i be . TEES NOW dy for Work to | possess Fill it Chief, Boyvs gtor n opponent n the irna ities. oings later Keep up with the club’s progress s hite No. 11, Laurel, Md Washington Vood Doy . Md Khurst James Hston rel wizear venu ne from Nelsc Thendore en of hok. ity of \ uary will Febr New tra ie a ir Md.: 2244 interfere . Land i Sibley 734 E. Va nie 116 La Tha irel, the o Ornd rlington, M Baliston RE LISTED FOR 6-ROUND FIGHT (7 J— he fougk uary ton iner 1 nlec wdze Bakes ence m: ublicly although it seems that in It it . Fla in 1y that they appeared in public ta in such eig nent the would My January Bar over Brandy - ave- Twelfth Hanson, iugene | urel Prince o Md Nicholson Penrose dorft Reppen Va., K Va round boxing bout between two women 1t the authorities do n. it in the The P pupi ley |SMITH’S 298 TAKES DALLAS GOLF EVENT By the Associated Press DALLAS, Tex nuar; Donald Smith of New York, concluded a golf conquest into Texas by winning {the Dallas open tournament and the ze by turning In a card ! 75 vesterday for a total of 298 for Last week Smith won the $1,500 first prize in the Texas open n Antonlo. nd place went to Abe Espinosa san three strokes behind | *mith. to the surprise of the gallery. Bobby Cruickshank, Chicago, huuled up in Espinosa’s wake with 303 to win | 1 $400 third prize, while Joe Kirk- | ood. Australia. and Willle Hunter, Los Angeles, were tied with next best, P 1 of 1 | holes. neisco, Smith's scoves ¢ nament were 7 Saturday, the 72hole tour- 4 and 74, for a 153 total nd 74 and 71 yesterday | Mehihorn and Cruickshank, in the | sume threesome yesterday. to all in- | tents. had huried the hatchet raised | at the San Antonio tourrament when 1" Wild Bill” was accused of *“razzing" | | Cruickshank while the latter was mak- | ing a critical shot. Smith’s tourna- | ment victory Finged on the shot, and W the | Cruickshank later refused to speak to | Tehlhorn, but vesterday ently had forgotten the a both appar- | ARE ADDED TO GOLFERS’ EXPENSE By the Associated Press CHICAGO, pense of tecit from | The about players of fig- | s s ubs to the m the enormous numbe tees now used as shown by made public tod: It was not any months 4zo that peg tees made their appearance. They had to be given {away at first 1o induce golfers to use then, but now the sales have mounted luntil one manufacturer alone sold | 00,000 List vear papier mache st wooden in iinfature umbr out. Tt is estimat for 1923 ex Janu includ- molded like the shape of turned wrongside 1 that the total sales 180,600,000 They retail t 18 for 25 cents, so that golfers spent for 10,000,000 cartons £2,500,000 This expenditure was in addition to he supplying of sand wxes on 5.000 golf courses at an ex or nearly $1,000,004 that the nr tees would v e hecomes ones 1 o 5 were some hout redue niversal and . rou will disap ases in whicl whole one used pro ecently d used But where the profes. steur. who can drive u stal of watch. ma long time. the duffe to splinters in short = season at Onwe: one which i pounds order. Nearly he them the now all Deg tees golfers use they tee the ball ~high. depending on a1 mighty drive to relieve them of further wooden club work for almost any long hole. The old theory was to tee low, ®0 that a brassie shot from close-: clipped turf would not mue ferent frow a teed drive. But th carrying ball has made the brassie s {most ohsolete among the big stars of the links MISS RYAN WILL PLAY FOR U. S. TENNIS TEAM NEW YORK, Jan 26 (P Leth Ryan. who celebrated her r A\merican courts last year by ministe to Helea Wills 1! singles defeat she sustai nd by gaining anking position America in matches with England Miss Ryan was not considered cli =ible to represent ive land in | ast season’s serles hecanse of her loni | residence abroad. ! cle has been removed Ly her place en the | ranking list and apparent intention ta | stav in the United St f 1 {ime. premi 0 n ing e only all seasoy 1 national ited ) represent Wightman Cup 't this ohst FIRPO FIGHT DELAYED. BU O AIRES, January ). — Luis Firpo, Argentine heavyweight ampion, amnounced that his { hout with Erminio Spalla. European champion. will be held the t week in April instead of in March. Spalla has delaved his departure from Italy Februarg 4 and will require 1| some time to train after his arrival here 1 since England ntests teenth women proposed | e de he playing of a 16-vearold boy fr tournament years old; attend. I would like to have a Membership Certificate and here. The Evening Star Boys Club Pledge WANT to be a member of The Evening Star Boys Club, and if accepted to membership, I pledge my- Lake Albert hool. turned to finish thirc Keep myself always in good physical condition. Be a modest winner and an uncomplaining loser. Abide by the rules of all sports I engage in and to Follow the activities of the Club through The Never neglect either home duties or school classes. school, Club button, which I Iredonia, N. Y., featured the quall ing round in the ann wolf Hakes, just out of high s in a card of 39—38—77, Worth R Clip this blank application, fill it out, and mail it today, ad- dressed: Chief. Boys Club, Evening Star, Washington, D. C. Inside Golf By Chester Horton Wood clubs should be of the same | length. We commonly players | with a brassie an inch shorter than the driver while for some re ars ippear to have the notion that a spoon should be short. The only driver and brassie cants in these | woods is in the loft. When the shafts differ in length an entirely | different swing s l called for between diver and brassie shots, or brassie and spoon shots The golfer does not want this be- cause a brassie shot, following a i drive, ought to be | |as mearly a repetition of the drive as | {1t can possibly be. The same thing | |applies with the spoon. This rule is | | 80 true that many expert players now ! icarry only two woods, the driver jhaving a loft just between the straight-faced driver and the ordinary {10t of a brassie, while the brassie is ! lofted about midway between the ordi- | rary brassie and the spoon. (Cevyright. 1926.) SHOULD BE THE| SAME LENGTH- New Scalp Vigor follows the very first application of the quality hair saver Newbro’s Herpicide Sold at all drug counters Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 | Stenographers having failed to score | from scrimmage. | Dunn.g B RIVAL NET STARS CORDIAL, BUT AVOID CONVERSATION Merely Exchange Nods as They Pass—French Girl Declines to Comment on United States Cham- pion’s Victory Over Mlle. Vlasto. By the Associated Press CANNES, France, January 26.—Helen Wills, American tennis champion, continuing her unbroken string of victories her arrival in France, today defeated Mies Bendit, 6—1, 6—0. Miss Wills thus survived the first round of the Gallia tourna ment, in which she is entered for both the singles and mixed doubles. ANNES, France, January 26—The social amenities between Hele Wills, the American tennis champion., and Suzanne Lengle France's star wiclder of the racket, are rigidly correct off the courts, say their friends, but they are anything but intimate “I admire Helen in every way; she is such a sweet child,” declare Suzanne when Helen arrived here to take aprt in the Metropole tourna ment, in which she won the championship vesterday by defeating M« Vlasto. 6—3, 7—5. Cool nods are exchanged now by Helen and Suzanne as they pa.- one another. Friends declare that they are studiously avoiding each other and_withholding oral bouquets regarding the superb tennis each ic ca pable of. A day or two ago Mlie. Lenglen said she would wait until aiter Mi Wills had met Mile. Vlasto before giving her hard opinion as to th capabilities of the American champion. There is no record that the Frenc girl carried out her promise 3 esterday Suzanne is undecided as to whether she will meet Miss Wills in the sin gles at Nice February 1 in Carleton tournament February 8. In the interim the California girl is ex pected to try to develop perfect form for her battle with the French flash Pressure is being broug! 1o bear upon Mlle. Lenglen to } in the fce tournament, but the indications are that she and Miss Wills will come together first at the Carleton | Hotel tournament. Makes Pertinent Remark. 1 have plaved both Suzanne and Miss Wil Mlle Viasto after vesterday's “When 1 pla: Suzanne I never have a chance, but | I showed the crowd here that 1 al. ways can give Miss Wills a good zame.’ Miss Wills remarked: “Mlle. Vias- to has greatly improved, but my game was below form.” When the photographers sought to snap Miss Wills yvesterday she smil- ingly pleaded with them to desist. “Don’t take my photograph today gentlemen.” she said. “Wait until 5 1 am getting some new esses made and they will red Wednesd: I want my ifornia friends to se how good 1 ok in French modeis.” Mile. Lenglen terday new creation The women on the Riviera closely watching the gowns of the two champions. The amateur stand ing of both zirls is said to have been severely tested by offers of free dresses in return for the publicity the | awn ince designers would obtain them worn during the Miss Wills' vietory vesterday wa caser than the score indicates She played well within her best form, le ting the French girl lead the attac until threatened. then herself appl ing a little more skill and power ur winning with plenty in reserve Miss Wills won the first two zames then her opponent evened matt later bringing the score to 3 all. b the American champion ran out threc sames and won with case Things looked for fornian in the second set Vlasto leading 3. Then perior coulness and fghti were revesled and Miss W four games, the set and the It was thought by experts tha . Wills made @ mistake in playing e clusively to her opponent’s back hand which she believed to be as weak & {in 1924, when the American girl de feated ‘her in the Olympics. She showed her adaptable qualities late however, by smashing every ball the base line corners and runni Mille. Viasto weary. The French plaver after the match that she was unal to go with Mlle. Lengien in finals s doubles. and she requested that this be postponed ur toda Jacques Brugnon. France. who d- feated G. H. Mayes in the finals of 1 men’s singles, 3—6, 6—1. 6 61, also begged to be excussed o the mixed doubles. The spectators. de prived of seeing the great Lengler play, staged a miniature riot and de manded their money back. CENTRAL QUINT IS AWAY AS OTHER FOUR CONTEST i i from hav tournamen or the Ca with Mlie 5 again s was so tire ¥ sported a HILE the championship Ceutral five was to play against An napolis High School in the Maryland capital, the four remain- ing teams of the Scholastic Basekt Ball League were to start { today on the second round of the annual title series with a double-header the Arcade court. ihe Business quint. barely nosed out by Central, 16 to 11, vesterdsy n the final game of the first half, seeks a second victory over Wester n the game that was expected to prove the main attraction of the after- noon’s card. Eastern and Tech wére 1o hold the | of the District players accounted f- spotlight in the opener at 3:1 more than two double-deckers Yesterday’s tiit, which came within | H. < an ace of being the big upset of this Jastsuilionat was perhaps the | *Ndrid High at b iny vet played. al. | Scholastic basket though few followers of the court |fomorrow's card. Baltimore Ciry SPOFL Were present to witness the fray. | College plavs at Alexandria tod: Business guarded the Champlons |against Episcopal High minutes. Central kept plugging away, however, and at the three.quarter mark was holding a 10-to-4 lead, theF onzaga Central are ball clashes and Ale the closely from the start and held them to a trio of points during the first 10| Manassass High moved into second place in the standing of the second thletic District circuit by defeating orge Mason High of Potomac Va 0 to 10. WINS FRENCH AIR TITLE. PARIS, 5 (P).—Te | night won the | billlard championship of Europe { beating his fellow countryman, Roge | Conti. Grange scored 500 points | Conti's 496. BRAVES LIST ORIOLES. BOSTON. January 26 () —Ba | more Orfoles, seven times champio: | of the International League, will pls 1 two-game series with the Bosto | Braves here on_April 6 and RADIATORS, FENDERS | BODIES MADE AND REP. K | REW - RADIATORS FOR AUTOS WKS. WITTSTATPS R. & F. 3) P, REAR TROUSERS A Business rally at the start of the final nearly sent Central under. Evans found the hoop for a two-counter to start the scoring and was immediately matched by Capt. Lafsky, whose goal brought the count to 10 to 5. Banta put Central ahead again with a cou goal. but Jones of Business, who was filling in for Ford. sank one from near the center of the court and when | fouled by Swift added gnother tally This left Central with only a 12-to-11 advantage, but Moser managed to score two perfect shots near the close of the fray to give his team a more substantial margin. Line-up and “ontral. GFG.P. MacDonald.rf 01 1 Summaries. Business. Ford.rf, . Jones.rf Evans, Rivers.c. Artis Lafeky.ix May Iz $16 T R. 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